President Goodluck
Jonathan on Sunday in New York urged politician to put the nation’s
interest first in all their activities to ensure progress and speedy
development of the country.
Jonathan made the remark at a meeting with Nigerian living in the U.S.
“Politicians should consider the interest of the country first before their own and as patriots they should not burn the building down because as stakeholders they have the interest of living there.Jonathan said the constitution provides for a four year term and a maximum of eight years term limit for elected executive office holders in the country.
The president noted that the governors like other executive office holders have an eight years limit, explaining that at the end of an election, the elected person or persons should be given the opportunity to do the work assigned to them by the constitution.
“You must allow the person that emerges to work,’’ he said, ’
“Politicians should consider the interest of the country first before their own and as patriots they should not burn the building down because as stakeholders they have the interest of living there.Jonathan said the constitution provides for a four year term and a maximum of eight years term limit for elected executive office holders in the country.
The president noted that the governors like other executive office holders have an eight years limit, explaining that at the end of an election, the elected person or persons should be given the opportunity to do the work assigned to them by the constitution.
“You must allow the person that emerges to work,’’ he said, ’